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DESEXUALISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does desexualise mean?

• DESEXUALISE (verb)
The verb DESEXUALISE has 2 senses:

1. direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
2. make infertile

Familiarity information: DESEXUALISE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DESEXUALISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Direct one's libidinous urges into another direction

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

desexualise; desexualize

Hypernyms (to "desexualise" is one way to...):

sublimate (direct energy or urges into useful activities)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Make infertile

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

desex; desexualise; desexualize; sterilise; sterilize; unsex; fix

Context example:

in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized

Hypernyms (to "desexualise" is one way to...):

operate; operate on (perform surgery on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "desexualise"):

alter; castrate; neuter; spay (remove the ovaries of)

castrate; demasculinise; demasculinize; emasculate (remove the testicles of a male animal)

vasectomise; vasectomize (remove the vas deferens)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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